Economic reports archive.
Agribiz: History never repeats?
Global food prices are on the rise. But there’s not yet the same sense...
Raising interest
The New Zealand banking system has only limited scope to raise local deposits...
Shaky isles
The earthquake that struck the Canterbury region this weekend has resulted...
Crossing the line
NZ’s economic data has been weaker than Australia’s, and the interest rate spread...
Being effective
There has been much hand-wringing, mostly by vested interest groups...
Neutral about neutral
There are lots of moving parts in guestimating a neutral cash rate...
A matter of interest
There will be a greater margin between actual lending rates and the OCR/swap...
Before and after
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the interest rate environment in...
House prices: further to fall
The housing market has been slow over 2010, with low sales, lengthening time...
Ease the squeeze, please
New Zealand remains in a housing shortage...
The bigGST step
The Government has signalled a range of economic reforms, including changes...
Sectoral performance
Goods producing sectors were nailed during the recession...